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Trading Strategy

The Best Commodity Trading Hours: Timing Is Everything

From cattle to copper, soybeans to silver, and crude oil to cotton, commodity futures provide market participants with a variety of unique market...

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Tips & Strategies

Catching Knives: Tips for Successful Counter-Trend Trading

According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, a trend is a “prevailing tendency or inclination.” As it pertains to active trading, a trend is a...

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Futures 101

5 Ways A Futures Trading Simulator Can Improve Performance

Spending some time on a futures trading simulator is a great, risk-free way to gain market-related experience. Let’s take a look at five key benefits...

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Trading Strategy

Best Futures Trading Strategies: 6 Ways to Minimize the Impact of Market Slippage

When it comes to the various hidden costs of futures trading, slippage is the undisputed king of the hill. When a market or stop-market order is...

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Futures Trading: What Are All of These Months?

Almost every new futures trader who I speak with understands basic market fundamentals but gets tripped up when learning about the different months...

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Futures Spread

When Should You Trade Vertical Spreads?

A vertical spread is an options strategy in which the trader simultaneously purchases and sells multiple contracts with different strike prices. Each...

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Risk Management 101: What Is Hedging?

In the real world, as well as in the markets, managing risk is a critical part of avoiding financial catastrophe. From buying a life insurance policy...

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Tips & Strategies

The Opportunities and Pitfalls of Trading Coffee Futures

The commodity futures markets are diverse, filled with countless opportunities and possibilities. From silver to soybeans, there is truly a product...

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Tips & Strategies

A Breakdown of the Micro E-Mini Equity Futures Contract

Granularity is defined as “the state or quality of being composed of many individual pieces or elements.” In the world of fund managers, the term is...

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Futures Trading

7 Ways To Become the MacGyver of Futures Trading - Tips and Strategies

With his genius intellect and humanitarian disposition, Angus MacGyver is the quintessential problem-solver. Whether disarming a nuclear missile...

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